Apama (UK) Limited, announced the appointments of Darrell Monk and Stephan Diaz to its e-trading sales team, reporting to Andy Menzies, VP of sales and alliances.
With over thirty years’ combined financial services experience, Monk and Diaz will provide a valuable extension to Apama’s existing team, enabling Apama to capitalize on the continued rise in demand for effective e-trading solutions in the financial markets, a spokesman for Apama said.
Monk joins Apama from GL Trade, where he was most recently director, business development. During his five years at GL Trade, Monk was responsible for selling and delivering customer services to over one hundred of the top financial institutions in London and Northern Europe – including CSFB, JP Morgan, Nomura and UBS. In addition, he was responsible for building and managing partner relationships and activities with companies such as IBM and Capco, the spokesman said. Monk has a thorough operational and technical knowledge of exchange connectivity, as well as a sound understanding of trading floor operations – from trade capture and execution, through to clearing and settlement, the spokesman said.
Diaz comes to Apama from Bloomberg’s sales team. While at Bloomberg, Diaz sold front-end trading systems to leading sell- and buy-side clients throughout Europe – including ABN AMRO, HVB and Bank of America. He also played an active role in systems and product development. Before moving into trading systems, Diaz built up extensive, first-hand trading knowledge working in New York and London as a fixed income derivatives trader for Morgan Grenfell, Credit Lyonnais, Banco Santander and Svenska Handelsbanken.
“Since launching to the financial services sector in September 2003, we have enjoyed marked sales success,” said Peter Beard, CEO, Apama.
“Market reaction has confirmed the demand for Trading Strategy Management technologies that enable traders to develop, test and implement innovative strategies in real-time. With Darrell and Stephan on board, we shall continue to take advantage of these increased opportunities.”